Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 402 Showdown

When Zhu Qiyu heard what King Lu and the others said, he stared at them fiercely!

They just said please express it to Your Majesty. What do they mean? Are you letting yourself speak? Do you have to ask yourself about such a thing?

And, they said they were willing to pay the price? What's the meaning?

"Okay, let's take this matter. There's nothing to talk about. I told you to wait until after the dynasty!" Zhu Qiyu stared at them and said dissatisfiedly.

They were also frightened at this moment. King Lu kowtowed to Zhu Qiyu and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is our fault. However, if the country is eliminated, it will be a huge blow to the clan. Your Majesty wants to make some changes to the clan. We I agree, but I am so ignorant that I don’t know how to change it!

Therefore, I, your Majesty, please make it clear!

I also know that it is not easy for Your Majesty to govern our country, the Ming Dynasty. From the time when we first took over, Wala besieged our capital, and now, our army of the Ming Dynasty has severely damaged the vitality of Wala!

From the beginning, there were constant rebellions among the people, and now, the rebellions are almost extinct. These are all brought about by His Majesty’s hard work!

I am stupid, and I also know that some of our vassal kings have gone too far, making the ministers dissatisfied, and forcing Your Majesty to rectify the clan children. I agree with this!

However, as I said, I am too stupid to know how to rectify the situation properly, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to make it clear!

I will also consider it! Try to keep these eight kings as much as possible, otherwise, once the country is eliminated, it will be a huge blow to our clan and our royal family. Your Majesty, please think twice! King Lu knelt there, cupped his hands towards Zhu Qiyu and said.

Prince Ning on the side also raised his hands and said: "I have also discussed it, but I really don't know how to rectify it. After all, the reputation of the clan's children has really been very bad in recent years. Therefore, I have no opinion on rectification, but how to rectify it." , I don’t know!”

Then several other vassal kings also raised their hands and explained to Zhu Qiyu!

Zhu Qiyu felt better after hearing their explanations, and just sat there!

Soon Cheng Jing took the plan that he had copied and handed it to the feudal kings one by one!

The content inside is Lin Cunde’s memorial!

"Everyone, get up, sit down and watch. Shouming, please come and sit down too, and have some snacks. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so I have no choice but to ask you to come here!" Zhu Qiyu said to Lin Cunde.

And those vassal kings saw that the clan titles were reduced from eight levels to five levels, and their salaries were halved. In addition, there were regulations for the land they owned!

All excess land must be handed over to the court!

Lin Cunde spoke first: "Didn't I talk to King Lu, King Chu, and King Shu that day? This matter is to be rectified in this direction, but if you say today that we will reduce it by 30%, that won't work!

Moreover, after several generations of inheritance, the number of people will increase sharply, and the pressure on the court will also increase. How long will it take? Every year, almost five million taels will need to be paid to the children of the clan!

I have also calculated that it took almost fifty years to go from one million taels to two million taels, and it took twenty years to go from two million taels to three million taels, and it took twenty years to go from three million taels to four million taels. , it took twelve years, and it took eight years to go from four million taels to five million taels!

Next, it is estimated to be faster and faster. Tell me, in another hundred years, will the taxes of the Ming Dynasty be enough to pay the clan?

Therefore, His Majesty has to rectify the treatment of the clan!

However, what makes His Majesty the most angry is that you lords and princes are very rich, but those descendants of the clan at the bottom are just living a mediocre life!

After Lin Cunde finished speaking, the feudal kings also looked at Lin Cunde. They hoped that Lin Cunde could speak more straightforwardly!

They also know that now Zhu Qiyu can do whatever he wants!

However, they also hope that the cuts will not be so drastic!

"Okay, come here, show them the plan discussed by the ministers. By the way, it was Cunde who proposed the establishment of the Royal Company in the end. He also said that he did not want the children of the clan to live such a hard life, so I proposed to establish a royal trading company, and I thought it would work! So I agreed!" Zhu Qiyu didn't want to talk nonsense with them at this moment!

The matter has already been discussed here, and there is no need to delay it any longer. If they agree and cooperate honestly, there will be no problem. If they do not agree, then they will find another way. It is not that there are no crimes committed by the vassal kings on their side. Evidence and records!

I just want to deal with them!

"I don't dare, I should!" Lin Cunde immediately said with his hands raised to Zhu Qiyu.

You are so rich, but you still want to get money from His Majesty!

Some vassal kings worked hard to have children, which caused the court's expenses to increase!

Therefore, His Majesty is very dissatisfied with these!

Because you propose to cut it by 30%, that won’t work! "

However, 30% of the income from the shops and mansions controlled by the royal family was also incorporated into the royal merchant houses! This is no small feat!

Now the royal family controls the income of those shops and mansions, which is almost two million taels a year, and three years later it is 600,000 taels!

On average, each person can get about thirty taels, but those clan members with the lowest titles don’t have so many!

"Drink the tea, it's almost cold!" Zhu Qiyu continued to persuade Lin Cunde. Lin Cunde drank tea from the tea cup. After putting down the tea cup, Zhu Qiyu served Lin Cunde another cup!

In addition, that business has a 30% share of soap and soap workshops, a 30% share of a cement workshop, and a 30% share of a bicycle workshop, but they don't know about cement and bicycles!

As for soaps and soap workshops, the profit is almost 5 million taels a year, and the profit for three years is 1.5 million taels! Adding the previous 600,000 taels, it is 2.1 million taels. This time it is reduced by more than half, which means a loss of more than two million taels. In this way, it is almost the same!

There is also the cement and straight-line car workshop. They don't know whether this can make money!

But what makes them feel distressed is that now the court wants to take back their land and will not allow them to own too much land. The prince is 10,000 acres!

In this case, they would need to come up with a lot of land at home. Some vassals owned millions of acres of land. If they were asked to come up with it now, the losses would be huge, and they would naturally be dissatisfied! There is no problem in cutting expenses, they can make money, but now, it is difficult for them to agree to take so much land from them!

Soon, the vassal kings finished reading, and they didn’t speak after reading it!

Zhu Qiyu didn't say anything, he just sat there drinking tea and waiting for them to talk!

The feudal kings looked at each other, and no one wanted to speak first. After all, after seeing this condition, they all knew that the key was the land. They could agree to everything else, but they could not agree to the land issue. Ten thousand acres of land is too little, and this time each of their vassal kings and their lineage need to hand over millions of acres of land. If you calculate it, it will be tens of millions of taels!

Each family has tens of millions of taels, how could they agree!

Therefore, they are all silent now!

Lin Cunde and Zhu Qiyu also discussed this matter at the beginning. They knew that the feudal princes would definitely not agree to this piece of land. Therefore, they also discussed the bottom line, that is, the feudal prince can only own a maximum of 100,000 acres, and the county prince can only own a maximum of 100,000 acres. If you can own 20,000 acres, other things will also increase!

But if they don't talk now, Lin Cunde and the others will naturally not be able to talk either!

After almost two quarters of an hour, Zhu Qiyu saw that they were silent, so he smiled and said: "What you are seeing is the result of the discussion by the ministers. This is what I am planning to implement. You guys should go back and discuss it. Since you If you want me to make it clear, then I will make it clear!

The rest is up to you to consider! "

"Your Majesty, we have nothing to say about other matters, including salary reduction and grade reduction. After all, we also know that it is not easy for the court, including your Majesty's permission to allow the children of my clan to take part in the imperial examination. There are so many rewards for passing the examination. It is also allowed. We recommend our children to serve as officials, and we are grateful for this!

Also, if we break the law and the imperial censor impeaches us, we need to go back to Beijing to explain! We also recognize the need for punishment!

But, but, can we take back our land and give back so much land? I, I, I, I can’t understand. This land has been accumulated by us for generations, and your majesty just takes it back." King Lu stood up and faced Zhu Qiyu said with an embarrassed look.

He really has no choice. This requires too much. King Lu himself has 1.7 million acres of land. Now he is leaving 10,000 acres. How can you accept it?

"Well, it's okay. This is just a discussion. You have your own ideas. Of course, I won't say more today. Everyone is tired. Let's go home!" Zhu Qiyu waved to them.

Zhu Qiyu really doesn't care whether they agree or not. He just wants to take back those lands. The more land he holds in his hands, the safer the Ming Dynasty will be in the future, and the future emperor will be able to do things better!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please be more generous to your ministers!" The other vassal kings also raised their hands to Zhu Qiyu and asked.

Those vassal kings were very helpless and helpless at the moment. After all, Zhu Qiyu wanted too much, which was equivalent to taking half of their lives!

Most of the wealth accumulated by the family has been taken back by His Majesty!

How could they agree to this?

Zhu Qiyu stared at them with an angry face at this moment, and finally looked at them coldly and said: "Fufu? OK, tell me, tell me about your land, how much of it was bought by yourself, and how much was snatched back! Since You say so! Then let’s make it clear today!”

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he stared at them!

When the vassal kings heard this, they all looked at Zhu Qiyu in surprise!

They know very well how much of this land was bought and how much was snatched!

"King Qin, please tell me first, how much of the land you and those princes owned was bought and how much was robbed? Tell me!" Zhu Qiyu pointed at King Qin and asked!

King Qin looked at Zhu Qiyu at this moment and opened his mouth. He did not dare to say anything, so he could only kneel down and said: "I am willing to leave only 10,000 acres of land, and the rest of the land will be dedicated to the imperial court!"

(End of this chapter)